State lawmakers' staffers are going line by line through the $30 billion budget Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed on last Tuesday's deadline. They are searching for a way to grow state spending without raising taxes.

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The state's top Republicans met with Wolf Monday at the Governor's Mansion. Last Thursday, he struck down their bill selling off the state's liquor stores to save millions of dollars. Republicans hope their other big money-saving idea, overhauling the state's employee pension system, remains on the table.